Apple has debuted a new television ad for iPhone X called “Animoji: Taxi Driver” on U.S. broadcast and cable/satellite networks.
The ad stars the Bear animoji, but also features supporting such stellar cast as Chicken and Dragon.
The song is “Citizen Kane” from South Korean indie rockers HYUKOH.
Direct link to video here.
MacDailyNews Take: Another great ad than will pique the interest of many non-iPhone X users. We’ve only begin to explore what Apple’s TrueDepth Camera can do!
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This is innovation in Tim Cook’s Apple.
That’s small-minded thinking. Animoji are just one thing that can be done w/ the TrueDepth Camera, which is the real innovation here, not just one fun feature.
Animojis are fun and I suppose that there is a subset of Apple customers who will be highly engaged by that commercial. I am not one of them.
First is right that TrueDepth is the key issue and animojis are just a simple, early demonstration of the AR capabilities that will eventually tie into TrueDepth. But only about 0.01% of the U.S. population will recognize that fact from this commercial.
@MDN take
That advert might pique people’s interest now that we have had a peek of what it can do, but hopefully that interest won’t peak too soon
That bear doesn’t look anything like Robert De Niro.
The future is the tech behind Animoji, but Apple don’t sell futures like other companies. Animoji is here now and is a simple concept that the general public can use now! Once this tech is common knowledge the instances it is used for in the future won’t seem crazy and confusing to the layman.
Who is the target audience,, what age group ?